<DIV>Actually. What about the idea of taking rubber tubing (like the medical tubing Aaron mentioned,) bending it into a circle-y shape and filling <EM>that</EM> with the foam. it would be easier to avoid the lumpiness, I think. And would hold its shape better.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>"Rob[ert] Anderson" <rfa03@stout.hampshire.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">PVC, anyone? (as regards cheap, stiff tubing. it will bend with heat, as<BR>well, but i don't know just what sort of fumes it relases when it does so.<BR>i think using tubes is a great idea for the foam, if we just bought<BR>schraeder valve stuff and pulled out the valve bodies).<BR>Rob<BR><BR>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Joshua Marvel wrote:<BR><BR>> I'm thinking it wouldn't even have to be attached at the seam. If it's<BR>> stiff enough on its own, I don't think it will go anywhere. It might not<BR>> have the most fantastic ride quality (mushy i imagine) but it would be<BR>> cheap, durable, easy to install, and not a huge mess. Easy enough to try<BR>> out, anyways.<BR>><BR>> -Josh<BR>><BR>><BR>> --- Aaron Wieler <AFW01@HAMPSHIRE.EDU>wrote:<BR>><BR>> > I think "great stuff" is what adam was trying.<BR>> ><<BR>> ><BR>> > here's what
happened for him: it inflated and stayed firm, but it had a<BR>> > flat<BR>> > spot where the foam didn't reach. he said he had to work it around the<BR>> > wheel.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > I would like to try it inside a tube, maybe with 2 or 3 points of entry<BR>> > (cut<BR>> > a second valve hole into the rim. that way, we could cut off the tube if<BR>> > we<BR>> > needed to.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > another thought, which has been mentioned, is hard plastic tubing. I<BR>> > wonder<BR>> > if some really thick medical tubing might cut it, just wraped around a<BR>> > rim<BR>> > and welded or glued together at the seam. things to try...<BR>> ><BR>> > -aaron<BR>> ><BR>> > On 12/9/04 7:58 PM, "jbg04@hampshire.edu" wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > > try 'Great-Stuff' i just used it in a project. you spray it in as a<BR>> > whip<BR>> > > cream<BR>>
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